Advanced VLSI Devices

In modern VLSI technologies, device electrical characteristics are sensitive to structural details and therefore to fabrication techniques. This course addresses the following questions: How are advanced VLSI devices designed and what future changes are likely? What are the implications for device electrical performance caused by fabrication techniques?

Topics Include

  • Physical models for nanometer scale structures
  • Control of electrical characteristics (threshold voltage, short channel effects, ballistic transport) in small structures
  • Alternative device structures for VLSI

Course Page   Advanced VLSI Devices